Islam in American prisons: Black Muslims' challenge to American penology

Islam in American Prisons: Black Muslims' Challenge to American Penology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-218

  Kusha, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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